A/N: Another chapter! :D If you have to know, the girl's hometown is San Diego, CA. Just so you know where they came from. Hope you like it!

Chapter 2: Chili-Cheese Fries and Strawberry Sundaes

Lake had waited like Mary had told her, but her pregnant problem never went away. With each week she waited, it was like her belly got just a little bigger. It would be impossible to convince people she wasn't pregnant now.

Weird things just kept on happening around her too; it was like she was a walking energy bomb. Street lights flickered whenever she walked under them, her electronics in her apartment always seemed to be going on and off on their own, and damn if she didn't get a knarly case static hair every now and then. And it seemed to only be getting worse with each passing month.

She sighed as she lovingly rubbed at her belly. Even though she had no idea where it came from, it was still growing inside of her and that made it her child, and damn if she wasn't going to love any child that came out of her. It would be nice if he stopped kicking so hard though. She liked to believe it was a boy. She just had this feeling…

"Miss Miller?" Lake looked up at the call of her last name and found a woman in a lab coat calling her name.

She raised her hand. "Yes, that's me."

The woman's eyes looked at her before widening when she noticed her stomach. She quickly noted something down on the clipboard she was carrying before putting on a smile for Lake. "If you would just come this way please."

They were walking down a hall towards what she assumed was her room when she started asking questions. "The tests won't be detrimental to the baby right?"

The aid was quick to reassure her. "Oh no! Don't worry, if anything they'll help the child become…stronger."

"Well…okay." Lake couldn't help but think the way she said it was a little weird. She rubbed her belly a bit. As long as it didn't hurt the baby and she got paid for doing it, it was okay right?

"Right in here." The aid opened a door to a typical patients room. There was a counter space with a sink and all the things a nurse or doctor would need to diagnose a patient, and of course, in the corner of the room, was the uncomfortable crinkly bed table thing. Lake sat down as slowly as she could on the paper to lessen the noise.

"The doctor will be with you in just a moment."

Of course Lake knew it wouldn't be a moment and instead something like half an hour. To her surprise though, the doctor was there in only ten minutes. Huh, was she the only person here or something?

"Mrs. Miller I'm so glad to see you!"

"Um… yeah…it's good to see you too." Not?

The doctor took the rolly-chair and rolled close to her. He had a smile on his face as he looked over what was on the clipboard.

"I'm Dr. Michaelus and I'll be helping you today. Now…" He glanced at her belly. "I couldn't help but notice that you were pregnant. Can you tell me when you conceived?"

She thought back to the day in the river and decided that was as good a day as any. "About two months ago?"

Michaelus nodded his head and jotted something else down on the clipboard. He looked back up at her.

"Now, considering that you got pregnant after you received the shots, would it be okay if we took a few tests on the womb? Of course nothing we do would hurt the baby."

Lake paused at this. She had only come here to take some shots, get paid, and then leave. There was no way she wanted tests done on her womb. She had a feeling if she did, they'd find something out of the ordinary.

"No, I don't think so. I only came here to get those shots, get paid, and then leave."

Michaelus frowned a bit before covering it with a smile. "Well that's alright. We'll just bring those shots in here and be done for the day hmm?"

Lake nodded and watched him leave. She was starting to get nervous. They seemed to show extra interest in the baby, did they think the shots helped her conceive and that her baby was a breakthrough in science or something? They were giving her fertility shots. She only took them because she knew she was a virgin and wasn't planning on having sex any time soon.

Her eyes widened. Were these people mad scientists?

She heard footsteps coming towards her door and calmed herself down. No need for them to know she was onto their plan.

Dr. Michaelus walked in with a smile on his face, she responded in kind. Tension was thick in the room but both pretended it wasn't there to convince the other everything was normal.

"Now if you would just pull your sleeve up please. Thank you."

Dr. Michaelus swabbed the area before uncapping the shot and lining it up with her bicep. Lake twitched when she felt she shot break the skin. Michaelus threw the used syringe away before preparing another one and lining it up with her thigh. A quick pinch and the shot was pulled back out and thrown away like its twin. Michaelus took off his gloves and threw those away as well.

"Well looks like we're all done here. Just head to the front counter and they'll take care of payment."

Lake nodded before standing up following Dr. Michaelus out of the door. He walked with her to the front counter.

"Hello Jenny. Mrs. Miller is here to collect payment for the normal dosage of shots." He sent a smile in Lake's direction. "And throw in something extra as well. An incentive for the pay those…other tests would provide." He made a show of standing up and gesturing towards her belly. "After all, how are you going to pay for the little one when it's born?"

Lake frowned at Michaelus before turning towards Jenny and collecting he pay. She stuffed the check in her purse before giving the doctor one last glance. "Have a good day."

She headed towards the exit. "You too, Mrs. Miller. You too."

She didn't like him one bit.

"I don't think I'll be going back there. There was just something… wrong about them. They showed too much interest in me being pregnant."

Lake was sitting in a Wienerschnitzel with Mary eating chili-cheese fries. They had just finished their finals and were glad to be done with them. Now they were splurging on chili-cheese fries and strawberry sundaes.

Mary twirled the spoon in her mouth. "Good. Always thought those sorts of things were wrong; asking people to submit to testing for money. You never really know what's in those shots they give you." She took another spoonful of strawberry sundae.

Lake scraped up the last bit of fries in her box and set it aside. She opened her next one. "Mmm, I don't care how fattening these are, they're my most favorite thing next to carne asada fries."

Mary's fists slammed down onto the table. "Why didn't I think of that!" She gave Lake sad eyes. "We're here eating chili-cheese fries when we could be splurging on carne asada fries."

Lake just shrugged. "These are still good anyway." She smiled and dipped a chili cheese fry into her strawberry sundae. "And I still say you should try this! It's pretty good!" She plopped the concoction into her mouth.

Mary frowned. "No thank you. I still think that's just your preggers stomach talking." She took a sip of her Dr. Pepper thinking. She got starry eyes and looked at Lake.

Lake rolled her eyes. "Okay what is it?"

"I just had the most awesomest idea." She held her breath and stared at Lake to create a dramatic pause. "Road trip."

Lakes eyes widened and she dropped the spork she was holding. "That is an awesome idea. Where should we go?"

"Well we already road tripped to all the major fun parks out there so I was thinking… Las Vegas? Spend a little money, get a little rich?" Mary had a foxy smile on her face when she said the last part.

Lake had never been gambling before and what better way to experience gambling then in the gambling capital. She had a goofy smile on her face.

"You're on."

Lake finished up the last of her chili-cheese fries and her strawberry sundae. "Of course we'll be driving my car as you don't have one and can't drive. Which means you get to help pay for gas money."

Mary rolled her eyes this time. "Yeah, yeah." She mumbled. "Someone should pay me for surviving how crazy you drive."

"What was that?"

"Nothing!"

"Well let's go then. We should start packing for the trip."

"Yeah."

Lake and Mary headed to Lake's slightly run down BMW that used to be a supped up street racing car that she bought from a Mexican for cheap and both headed home.

"Dammit, why did she have to refuse!"

Michaelus was pacing back and forth in his office recollecting the past day. Miller had gotten pregnant! This was what they were waiting for; for someone to get pregnant after the shots had been given. With all that nano-tech in Miller there was no way her baby was going to be normal. The tech would make sure the baby was augmented. They needed that baby!

"Jenny!"

The aid that had written out the check for Lake came running into his office. "Yes Dr. Michaelus?"

"Contact the rest of the sector, tell them to be ready for a transport. We're going to have that baby, whether Mrs. Miller agrees or not."

Jenny nodded. "Yes Dr. Michaelus."

Once the door closed Alistair fell back into his chair and threw a hand over his eyes. He chuckled. "Just a little longer."

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